Mercury Retrograde: Slow Down, Realign, and Heal with Jennifer Pilates

Mercury Retrograde begins November 9, 2025, in Sagittarius and travels back into Scorpio before going direct on November 29th — revealing truth, healing old wounds, and guiding us toward powerful inner realignment.

In this deeply grounded and emotionally rich episode, Jennifer Pilates explores what this Mercury Retrograde really means and how you can navigate it with grace rather than fear. Together, we’ll uncover the soul-level lessons hidden beneath communication mix-ups, emotional waves, and divine delays.

This isn’t just another retrograde — it’s a sacred reset. The Universe is asking you to pause, listen, and return home to your truth.

💫 Book a private Intuitive-Medium Session with Jennifer to receive personalized guidance and clarity for your path during this Mercury Retrograde. 
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🎧 Tune in now and remember — Mercury may appear to move backward, but your soul never does
 You are always evolving, always expanding, and always… Empowered Within.

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Welcome to Empowered Within a Soul Clenching transformational podcast that will set your soul on fire through candid and inspiring conversations. Leading experts, celebrities, healers, and I share our journeys of how we've overcome challenges to living an empowered life from within. I'm your host, Jennifer Pilates. Welcome to another episode of Empowered Within. Welcome back to another episode of Empowered Within the Space where we awaken the light within the body, mind, and spirit. I'm your host, Jennifer, and today we are deep diving into one of the most talked about and often misunderstood cosmic events. The Mercury retrograde, but before you tense up or brace for chaos, take a deep breath because what's coming is not about punishment. Know my friend. In fact, it's about purpose. This retrograde beginning November 9th in Sagittarius and ending November 29th in Scorpio. It's here to realign your truth. It's a cosmic invitation to slow down, reflect and reconnect with what's truly real. What does it really mean when Mercury is in retrograde? You see mercury governs communication, travel, technology, and our thoughts. When it appears to move backwards in the sky, its energy turns inward, meaning we're not meant to move forward just yet. Retrograde energy is review energy, a time to rethink, revisit, and realign. You always hear me say, review, revise, reset. It's when the universe hands us the script of our life and says, okay, my friend, I'm gonna need you to take another look. There's something here you might have missed. And with Mercury Retrograding between Sagittarius, the Sign of Truth, vision in Higher Learning, and Scorpio, the sign of emotional transformation and deep healing, this retrograde. We'll definitely expose truths that change everything. The question is, are you willing to slow down enough to see them, to hear them, and most importantly, to embrace them to collectively from November 9th to the 29th, we are going to experience waves of spiritual clarity and emotional intensity. At first, when mercury stations. Retrograde and Sagittarius, the tone will feel fiery, outspoken, and a little restless. You might feel driven to speak your truth, yet find your words misunderstood or met with a bit of resistance. Miscommunication is common here because Sagittarius wants freedom and expansion. But Mercury, you see, mercury is asking for reflection. Then as Mercury slips back into Scorpio around November 20th, the energy turns inward and more emotional truth becomes felt. Not just spoken. Secrets are going to surface. Intuition will heighten emotions you've buried are going to rise. Not to overwhelm you, but to help liberate you once and for all. This part of the retrograde may feel like deep diving into deep, deep waters, but beneath that intensity lies healing. Clarity and release Scorpio energy purges. What's false, what's not true? Sagittarius restores faith in what truly is true. Together, they create a sacred bridge between endings and new beginnings between what was and what's truly meant to be. When we look at a retrograde. There's a lot of emotional work that can be done. This is a time to pause and ask, where have I been avoiding the truth? What stories or beliefs need rewriting who or what No longer aligns with my higher purpose? Mercury retrograde often brings people or situations from the past back into view, not as test, but as teachers, you may receive messages or dreams that feel guided, trust them. This is your soul communicating through symbols, emotion, and synchronicity. If emotions feel heightened, breathe. Journal, move your body. Let yourself feel without rushing to fix every little thing, because sometimes clarity often comes after the most amazing releases. Remember, mercury is the messenger between worlds, and when it moves through Scorpio, it delivers messages from the unseen. Pay attention to your dreams, to those gut instincts, to your body sensations. What is the universe speaking to you through all of the emotions that you're feeling? One of the number one questions I always get when it comes to any retrograde, what signs will be most effective? So if you have personal planets, or your rising sign is in Scorpio, Sagittarius, Gemini, or Virgo, this retrograde will. Especially be powerful for you, Scorpio. This is about transformation that is unavoidable. You are to expect emotional revelations that lead to freedom. Sagittarius, you're rewriting your truth. Let go of outdated beliefs and step into a more aligned vision of who you are today. And whom you're becoming and where you're going. Gemini. As Mercury's ruling sign, you'll feel the mental fog, but also the brilliance of introspection of going inward. Virgo Health Daily Habits and Inner Balance are under review, simplify and simply recalibrate. Everyone though always feels the energies of the retrograde, we will feel the shift in different areas of life depending on where these signs fall into your charts and what's going on in your life. But most importantly, when we think about a Mercury retrograde, we wanna think about, again, this is a time to review, revise, rethink. This is not a time to sign major contracts to make major decisions to launch major projects. To make major moves, to make big purchases. Anything that is new, it is not the time for Now. The flip side to this, and not to confuse you, if you have been searching for the perfect home for a year, for months, you finally found it and you're like, oh my gosh, the contract is coming during the retrograde. Jennifer, what do I do? You sign it because this is your completion. Mercury brings completion during the retrogrades so that completion actually is there for you and is there to support you. Same thing if you've been thinking about moving and you've been working on it for a while and you've been searching for all of the places, and suddenly that right place pops up. It's okay. I don't want you to come from a place of fear, come from a place of alignment. However, as with anything, at any time you want to be careful of anything that you're signing. Make sure that you're aware and that it's in alignment with you. Again, mercury brings completions. Anytime we have left things, we have pushed them aside. Whether it is a person, a place, a job, a question, any loose strings will continue to come back and revisit us during mercury and retrogrades until either A, the lesson is learned. B, we're finally are done with it. C, it's come to a closure and we've moved on so. Things, lessons, people, those old boyfriends, those old girlfriends, old jobs, old stuff, everything. It always tends to pop back up during a Mercury retrograde. Again, it's not about testing. It's about, Hey, did we complete it? Are we done? Where are we at? Review, revise, and rethink. It's that simple. When it comes to technology, yes, there are glitches, tons of glitches. Knowing that there's a Mercury retrograde, that's powerful knowledge so that you don't crazily wig out when suddenly the computer goes out or something's off with your car or something's off with your phone, you go, oh, mercury retrograde. This is gonna be fine. It's gonna reset itself. Speaking of cars, when it comes to Mercury retrograde, if there are things that have been needing to. Be fixed with your car. That's also the time to do it, because we're wanting to catch up and get things fixed and clarified. And why is that? Same thing when we're thinking about writing a book or all the things maybe that course you've wanted to build, the business you wanted to launch. This is the time to really sit and review it and rethink how you wanna bring it to light, and then. Only after Mercury retrograde has not only gone direct, but you've gotten past the shadow phase, then that is the good time to launch. So yes, everyone will always feel a Mercury and retrograde depending on the specific retrograde and what planets it is working with will depend on how much more it truly is working with you. As Mercury begins to go direct. We call that the post shadow, the integration phase. With Mercury retrograde comes the post shadow integration phase. Even though Mercury goes direct on November 29th, its post shadow phase will continue until around December 16th, revisiting the same degrees. It retrograde over. This period is about integration, turning insight into aligned action. If the retrograde felt like tearing down old walls. The post shadow is where you rebuild stronger, wiser, and clear. By mid-December, clarity returns, communication, smooth. You'll understand why the delays, the pauses, or the missteps had to happen because they weren't just obstacles, they were redirections. And every pivot has a purpose, and with every pause there is power. So what do you do to stay grounded during a Mercury retrograde? To stay in alignment, to stay clear, to not lose it. I've got a few things for you. Pause. Most importantly, pause before reacting. All of my clients hear this from me all the time. There is power in a pause. Silence often reveals so much more than words. Reflect before deciding wait to sign contracts. Hold off on starting new projects or make big purchases until after December 1st. If at all possible, revisit old ideas. Something from the past may hold value. Now that you now can see with fresh eyes practice energetic hygiene. Ground daily, through breath, through movement, through nature. Pilates, reiki journal or record intuitive hits, those intuitive downloads that you're getting, those aha moments. Your higher self is speaking clearly. Now, this retrograde, any retrograde is not your enemy. It's a mirror. It's a mirror reflecting truth, showing where alignment has perhaps drifted and guiding you and helping you return into alignment into your own empowering voice. This Mercury retrograde is here to help you see. Not to suffer, not to get lost in the chaos. It's an invitation to slow down, tune in, and trust the timing of your transformation if you're feeling uncertain, emotional, or called to understand the deeper why behind things that are unfolding. And Lord knows there's a lot unfolding in the world right now. I invite you to schedule a private, intuitive medium session with me. Together we'll uncover the messages Your soul and your guides are sending you through this retrograde. You'll walk away with clarity, with peace, and empower direction for the months and year ahead. You can book your session directly over@jenniferpilates.com. Until next time, remember. Mercury may appear to move backward, but your soul, your soul never does. You are always evolving, always expanding, and my friend, remember, you are always empowered within. If today's episode resonated with you, please share it with a friend, with a family member who may need this to help get them through this Mercury and retrograde. And if you'd like further insights, be sure to jump on the email list over@jenniferpilates.com so that you can stay in the know in between episodes. Until next time, may you live an empowered life from within. Thank you so much for tuning into another episode. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to Empowered Within with Jennifer Pilates. Your feedback is important. 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